What's commonly referred to as 'Conversational Hypnosis' was created and developed by Dr. Milton Erickson. He is considered by many to be the most effective and successful hypnotherapist ever to practice. He was a prolific writer and his career and accomplishments are well documented on Wikipedia. The field of Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) was formulated by Richard Bandler and John Grinder by modeling the work of Dr. Erickson, Fritz Perls, and Virginia Satir and formally mapping their methods to a clearly defined and repeatable body of techniques.
While there may be those skeptical of the successful use of hypnosis, the record of accomplishment of Dr. Erickson cannot be disputed nor simply shrugged off as inconsequential.
